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The co-optimization of floral display and nectar reward
Journal of Biosciences, 2009 In most insect-pollinated flowers, pollinators cannot detect the presence of nectar without entering the flower. Therefore, flowers may cheat by not producing nectar and may still get pollinated. Earlier studies supported this 'cheater flower' hypothesis and suggested that the cost saving by cheater flowers could be the most predominant selective force
Prajakta V, Belsare +2 more
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Chronic intake of fermented floral nectar by wild treeshrews [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 For humans alcohol consumption often has devastating consequences. Wild mammals may also be behaviorally and physiologically challenged by alcohol in their food. Here, we provide a detailed account of chronic alcohol intake by mammals as part of a coevolved relationship with a plant.
Frank, Wiens +8 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Annual plants allocate soil nutrients to floral display and pollinator rewards to ensure pollination success in a single season. Nitrogen and phosphorus are critical soil nutrients whose levels are altered by intensive land use that may affect plants ...
Anthony D. Vaudo +4 more
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Agronomy, 2021 Mass-flowering crops, such as oilseed rape (OSR; Brassica napus), provide pulses of nectar and pollen, helping to support pollinators and their pollination services in agricultural landscapes.
Stacey M. Fairhurst +5 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Most pollinators visit flowers in the search of nectar rewards. However, as the floral nectar can often not be directly detected by pollinators, many flower visitors use secondary metabolites such as odor- or taste-proxies to anticipate nectar quantity ...
Alexander Haverkamp +5 more
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Floral Rewards: Alternatives to Pollen and Nectar
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1981 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) In angiospermsselectionhas led to the utilizationof numeroussubstancesotherthanpollenand nectar that help to insure repeatedvisitation by pollinatinganimals. Here, we group the various substancesinto nonnutritiveand nutritiverewardsand discuss withineach groupthe specifickinds that occur.
Simpson, Beryl Brintnall, Neff, John L
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Nectar-dwelling microbes of common tansy are attractive to its mosquito pollinator, Culex pipiens L.
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background There is widespread interkingdom signalling between insects and microbes. For example, microbes found in floral nectar may modify its nutritional composition and produce odorants that alter the floral odor bouquet which may attract insect ...
D. A. H. Peach +12 more
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Caffeine in Floral Nectar Enhances a Pollinator's Memory of Reward [PDF]
Science, 2013 Bees Get That Caffeine "Buzz" Caffeine improves memory in humans, millions of whom find that their daily dose enhances clarity, focus, and alertness. The human relationship with caffeine is relatively recent, however, and thus its impact on our brains is likely a by-product of its true ecological role.
Wright GA +7 more
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Genome evolution following an ecological shift in nectar-dwelling Acinetobacter
mSphereThe bacterial genus Acinetobacter includes species found in environmental habitats like soil and water, as well as taxa adapted to be host-associated or pathogenic.
Vivianna A. Sanchez +3 more
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The Campsis-Icterus association as a model system for avian nectar-robbery studies
Scientific Reports, 2022 Avian nectar-robbing is common in some floras but its impact on plant-pollinator mutualisms, flowering phenology, and the evolution of floral traits remains largely unexplored.
Gary R. Graves
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